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National Network of Libraries of Medicine

MidContinental Region

Tech Toys(for the Technically Challenged!)

Marty MageeNational Network/Libraries of MedicineEducation and Nebraska Liaison McGoogan Library of MedicineUniv. of Nebraska Medical Center986706 Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha NE [email protected]



What was different 10 years ago?

Students Todayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. “

- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949

There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”

-Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corp. 1977

640 K ought to be enough for anybody” -Bill Gates



Laptop: Toshiba Portege to Sony Vaio

PortegeTablet capabilities good, but additional DVD player – lugging it along is a disadvantage



Double Your Pleasure – Double Your Fun with….

Two Screens

Windows XP Professional



LCD Projector

• Portability

• Lumens



Printer/Copier/Fax

Multiple functions Two trays Card slots

HP Officejet 7410



Phone

•With a camera or without?

•Are you texting?

•With Internet or without?

•Managing Contacts

Katana by Sanyo from Sprint



Text Messaging – E-Mail to Cell Phone Verizon: http://tinyurl.com/yvgzbs

Address the email to the 10 digit cell phone number followed by @vtext.com

ATT:http://tinyurl.com/2ae92sAddress the email to the 10 digit cell phone number followed by @txt.att.net

T-Mobile: http://tinyurl.com/2tymt6 Address the email to the 10 digit cell phone number followed by @tmomail.net

Sprint and Nextel: http://tinyurl.com/2m3ofnAddress the email to the 10 digit cell phone number followed by @messaging.nextel.com



PDA’s ---On the Way Out?!!

PC- based – Word and Excel files Rosters Expenses Books to read Frequent Flyers Travel Gifts Goals Resume BUT – not my calendar!!

Can you believe it?

WiFi – wireless access to Internet

Bluetooth – wireless access

Windows Media 10 – listen to a book

Microsoft Reader – read a book

SDRAM storage to match camera

Contacts – about 600!!

Now with GPS

Don’t leave home without it. ….Really!!



Digital Camera:

Canon Power Shot 450 ELPH 3x zoom 5.0 megapixels Viewfinder AND monitor SD RAM Small charger Can take short videos, too!



IPOD for MP3’S

Transfer CD’s to the player Can buy books from ww.Audible.com Can buy music from www.itunes.com

4gb

4 hours battery life

8 GB = 2000songs

24 hour battery life

** Can add a radio component or a recorder

*** Pay attention to the ear phones!!



Podcasts (You don’t need an IPOD to listen to a podcast!) From MedlinePlus with Director Lindberg

From NN/LM MidContinental Region http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/podcasts/podcasts.html

For Fun: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php



Other nice things to have ... Portable printer - Canon

Thumb Drive - USB mini storage 1 gb of storage – multiple

presentations Offered by many companies (Sony,

Sonnet, CigarPro, yadda yadda) 32MB - 1gig

Pictures are not to scale!!



Card reader: www.lexar.com Many times can be

faster then hooking your camera up to your cpu

Will not kill your camera batteries as well!



Camtasia & SnagItwww.techsmith.com

Camtasia Record desktop

demonstrations with narration and video

Publish to CD-ROM and streaming video

SnagIt Only $39.95 One of the best software products

I have



Marty’s Little Helpers

$290

$120 $150



VOIP : Voice Over IP

Skype—voice with instant chat/pictures

www.skype.com Logitech camera

www.logitech.com Plantronics headset

www.plantronics.com

Big Brother really is watching you….



Google from your phone

466-453 Entered : corkscrew omaha Returns:

Corkscrew Wine and Cheese

10924 Prairie Brook Rd.

Omaha NE 68144

402-991-2927



Blogs and RSS Feeds

•Blogger.com for blogs•More than 50 million blogs out there….according

to Technorati

•Easy to create – use for business or pleasure

Bloglines.com for RSS

**YouTube – RSS in Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU



Blogs I Subscibe to….

BHIC- Bringing Health Information to the Community – Siobhan Champ-Blackwell

MidContinental Region News Nebraska Library Commission Stephen’s Lighthouse

-Stephen Abram – from SirsiDynix

From the NN/LM MidContinental Region - http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/technology/blogs.html



Wiki – a shared resource

Anybody can edit it! i.e. www.wikipedia.com or www.wikihow.com

Set up your own at wetpaint.com



What I like to read

Fast Company Smart Computing PC Magazine Pocket PC



Other sites to check….

• HowStuffWorks.com Augmented reality – (or what a librarian may really look like)

• CNET.com•Product Reviews•Tutorials•Classes

• MLA – Web 2.0 Class



Things are changing…

Sony Wii Dance Dance

Revolution www.surface.com

What’s next for YOU?

Documents

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